Core i5-6300HQ vs Pentium Gold 4417U

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold 4417U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.09
Core i5-6300HQ
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 45 Watt
3.03
+45%

i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by a considerable 45% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-6300HQ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking18031558
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Kaby Lake RefreshIntel Core i5
Architecture codenameKaby Lake Refresh (2017−2019)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date15 February 2019 (5 years ago)1 September 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161$250
Current price$423 (2.6x MSRP)$936 (3.7x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-6300HQ basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache256 KB256 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache2 MB6 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data122 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+-
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-6300HQ compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCBGA1356,FC-BGA1356FCBGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-6300HQ. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVXno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shift+no data
My WiFi++
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology+-
TSX-+
Idle States++
Thermal Monitoring++
Flex Memory Access++
SIPP--
Smart Response++
StatusDiscontinuedDiscontinued

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-6300HQ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT--
EDB++
Secure Key++
MPX++
Identity Protectionno data+
SGXYes with Intel® MEYes with Intel® ME
OS Guard++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-6300HQ are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d++
VT-x++
EPT++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-6300HQ. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR4DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth34.1 GB/s34.1 GB/s
ECC memory support--

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 610Intel HD Graphics 530
Max video memory32 GB64 GB
Quick Sync Video++
Clear Video++
Clear Video HD++
Graphics max frequency950 MHz950 MHz
Execution Units12no data
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-6300HQ integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported33
eDP++
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVI++

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-6300HQ integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support++
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hz4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hz4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hz4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-6300HQ integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX1212
OpenGL4.44.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 4417U and Core i5-6300HQ.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1216

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium Gold 4417U 2.09
i5-6300HQ 3.03
+45%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 45% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Pentium Gold 4417U 3240
i5-6300HQ 4692
+44.8%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 45% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium Gold 4417U 423
i5-6300HQ 995
+135%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 135% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium Gold 4417U 888
i5-6300HQ 2728
+207%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 207% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Pentium Gold 4417U 3570
i5-6300HQ 4851
+35.9%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 36% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pentium Gold 4417U 8012
i5-6300HQ 16533
+106%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 106% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pentium Gold 4417U 3204
i5-6300HQ 5750
+79.5%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 79% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Pentium Gold 4417U 21.15
i5-6300HQ 12.25
+72.7%

Pentium Gold 4417U outperforms Core i5-6300HQ by 73% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Pentium Gold 4417U 3
i5-6300HQ 5
+108%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 108% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Pentium Gold 4417U 228
i5-6300HQ 466
+104%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 104% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Pentium Gold 4417U 89
i5-6300HQ 131
+47.2%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 47% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Pentium Gold 4417U 1.08
i5-6300HQ 1.48
+37%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 37% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium Gold 4417U 1.4
i5-6300HQ 2.5
+75%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 75% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium Gold 4417U 1792
i5-6300HQ 2877
+60.5%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 61% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium Gold 4417U 16
i5-6300HQ 31
+100%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 100% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium Gold 4417U 81
i5-6300HQ 151
+86.2%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 86% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium Gold 4417U 4882
i5-6300HQ 9414
+92.8%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 93% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium Gold 4417U 2254
i5-6300HQ 3235
+43.5%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 44% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Pentium Gold 4417U 5029
i5-6300HQ 10421
+107%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 107% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 2%

Pentium Gold 4417U 2599
i5-6300HQ 3933
+51.3%

Core i5-6300HQ outperforms Pentium Gold 4417U by 51% in Geekbench 4.0 64-bit single-core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.09 3.03
Integrated graphics card 1.84 2.59
Recency 15 February 2019 1 September 2015
Physical cores 2 4
Cost $161 $250
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt

The Core i5-6300HQ is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 4417U in performance tests.


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